It’s sad to say that some groups that believe in the Book of Mormon are notorious for the crimes they have committed. In our final conversation with Steve Shields, we will discuss the Lafferty brothers,
Not all groups in Steve Shields book should be considered denominations. In our next conversation, we’ll talk about some of these subgroups with official endorsement of the LDS Church, such as Affirmation and the Genesis
The LDS Church recently made changes to their temple endowment ceremony. Rumor has it that the Cutlerite endowment has changed very little since the death of Joseph Smith. We’ll continue our discussion about Cutlerite temple
In this episode, Steve Shields and I discuss some of the larger and smaller Mormon groups: fundamentalists and Cutlerites. Many of these fundamentalists practice polygamy. Steve: The FLDS has 8,000 to 10,000. The Apostolic United
Following the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith, brother Samuel died within a month. Was Samuel poisoned? Steve: You know, conspiracy theorists. Okay, fine. Was he poisoned deliberately? Who knows? There’s no way to know. The
Historian Steve Shields tells us that Sidney’s unsung role in the early Church was larger than LDS or RLDS historians have acknowledged. When Sidney joined with Joseph, Sidney’s followers overwhelmed the small group of Smith
Steve Shields was raised in the LDS Church and attended BYU. So why is he now a member of the Community of Christ? Steve: I was really interested in church history and I started reading
Steven Shields has been studying various Mormon schismatic groups since he was in Seminary in the 1970s. We’ll get acquainted with him in this first episode, and learn more about his background, and why he
